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The Evolution of Language from Gestures

The Evolution of Language from Gestures

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Together with Dr. Michael Arbib, Dr. Rizzolatti published an interesting account of the evolution of language from gestures instead of the more commonly associated calls of animals. He provides a number of arguments in favor of this hypothesis - for example the ease of interpretation of pointing gestures vs. the symbolic and arbitrary nature of sounds for the initial development of language.

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evolution, Language, gesture, emotions, communication

Duration:

00:07:39

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